Growing up fast

Good news, Reno is feeling better! Now that he's gotten a little bigger, Reno and Remmi have become the best of friends. Reno has been observing Remmi's actions on a daily basis since we first brought him home. He's gotten a little bigger and a little more rambunctious and curious.
 
The good thing about having two dogs is that they learn from each other and specifically the second one learns from the first. He began copying her moves recently. Boy am I gad that she is trained because if she wasn't I think we'd have a problem on our hands. Reno knows how to "sit", "shake" and we are working on "stay." He also knows that "hurry up means to go to the bathroom" and "in the house" means to go inside. He's a quick learner and picks up on things pretty easily.

Reno kind of amazes me sometimes at how easy going he is. Last weekend we went out on our boat and brought the pups along with us. While Remmi loves going on the boat, she is very afraid of the water and swimming.  We got out to a spot on Lake George that we wanted to stay in and anchored down. As soon as the boat stopped moving Reno was on the move checking things out. He went right in the water and swam for the first time in deep water! He did great. He swam all day both days while Remmi sat there watching and wondering but not swimming. We tried to get her to come in the water with us since it was a beautiful day but she is more of a land lover than a water dog.


The hubs and I brought both the dogs for a walk yesterday afternoon and although Reno hasn't really been before he did pretty good. He was trying to keep up with his big sis and was doing a good job with it, however, walking on a leash is the one thing Remmi really needs to work on. She pulls like crazy and I don't want Reno learning her bad habits. This morning since it finally wasn't too hot out, I brought Reno for a little walk by himself.  And then I brought Remmi for her longer walk. As annoying as it was to walk them separately, at this point I think it's important for him to learn on his own from me how to walk on a leash. I started late with Remmi and she ended up being a pain in the butt to teach. She still needs some work but has gotten a little better.  I plan on taking Reno more by himself so he can learn the correct way to walk on a leash and then hopefully I'll be able to bring them together and perhaps she will learn from him.

Reno also had his first night sleeping outside his crate. He loves it. I'm really enjoying having two GSD's.